The more than eighty remaining pages of the [Hundred Lives Book] restored Lu Yang's confidence. He refused to believe that, after more than eighty lifetimes, he still could not strip Chu Sheng bare of every last trump card.
With that thought, he looked at Si Sui again.
"As for Chu Sheng's backup plans, we can take our time considering those. Senior, the urgent matter is how to deal with the Dao Lord testing us."
Si Sui thought for a moment, then smiled. "That is not difficult either."
"If I am not mistaken, the Dao Lord whom Fellow Daoist suspects to be Wanbao has likely sent only a Foundation Establishment True Person as a chess piece to test you and me."
"To bypass the Immortal Pivot Fruit Position and directly seek proof of the [Five Elements], one needs both talent and aptitude. Fellow Daoist, think carefully—was there such an exceptionally gifted Foundation Establishment True Person in True History? And since he sought proof of the [Five Elements], he was most likely an Immortal Pivot cultivator in True History as well."
Lu Yang's eyes lit up at once.
That's it!
This was precisely the perspective he lacked. He could not directly deduce the cultivation of the person seeking the [Five Elements] from the aura fluctuations he had detected.
Yet Si Sui could firmly determine that the other party was at Foundation Establishment.
That was the gap in perspective. Lu Yang had lacked this very piece, which was why everything had seemed like flowers viewed through mist. Once it was filled in, he could deduce the rest himself.
"First, exclude rogue cultivators among the Immortal Pivot cultivators."
"Then exclude the Dao Court. Those rats have no real substance. Next comes the Pure Land. Other than Master Demon-Queller, Sword Pavilion has no one worth